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Is OperaVOX a clinically useful tool for the assessment of voice in a general ENT clinic?

Richard Teck Kee SiauJay GoswamySue JonesSadie Khwaja
Published in: BMC ear, nose, and throat disorders (2017)
OperaVOX provides objective acoustic analysis which has shown statistically significant correlation to perceptual evaluation using the GRBAS scale. The accessibility of the software package makes it possible for a wide range of health practitioners, e.g. general ENT surgeons, vascular surgeons, thyroid surgeons and cardiothoracic surgeons to objectively monitor outcomes and complications of surgical procedures that may affect vocal function. Given the increasing requirement for surgeons to monitor their outcomes as part of the move towards 'surgeon reported outcomes' this may become an invaluable tool towards that goal.
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